Leviticus:17:10-16

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* And if there be any man of the house of Israel , or of the strangers that sojourn among them , that eateth any manner of blood : I will set my face against the person that eateth the blood , and I will cut him off from among his people . * For the life of the flesh is in the blood ; and I have appointed it for you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls ; for the blood it is that maketh an atonement for the soul . * Therefore have I said unto the children of Israel , No one of you shall eat blood , and the stranger that sojourneth among you shall not eat blood . * And if there be any man whatsoever of the children of Israel , or of the strangers that sojourn among them , who catcheth by hunting any beast or fowl that may be eaten : then shall he pour out the blood thereof , and cover it up with dust . * For the life of all flesh is its blood , on which its life dependeth ; therefore have I said unto the children of Israel , The blood of every manner of flesh shall ye not eat ; for the life of all flesh is its blood , every one who eateth it shall be cut off . * And every person that eateth that which hath died of itself , or that which was torn by beasts , be this one born in your own country , or a stranger , shall both wash his clothes , and bathe himself in water , and be unclean until the evening , when he shall be clean . * But if he wash not , nor bathe his flesh , then shall he bear his iniquity .

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